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Monday, May 04, 2009
John McCaslin :: Townhall.com Columnist
Can't Blame Him
by John McCaslin
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


HOT TICKET

Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Tyra Banks, Kyra Sedgwick, Bradley Cooper and Val Kilmer.

Is all of Hollywood seated with CNN at last weekend's White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner?

No, CNN spokeswoman Edie Emery assures Inside the Beltway, pointing out that network anchor Wolf Blitzer's personal guests are Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Politicians or celebrities, everybody this year is scrambling for a ticket to the first WHCA dinner honoring President and first lady Michelle Obama.

FOE-KEY-AE

Privileged residents of the quaint villages and towns of Fauquier County, Va., take notice: For centuries, you and your ancestors have been mispronouncing "faw-keer."

Yours truly on Saturday night shared a bottle of wine at Eve restaurant in Old Town with Julie A. Fauquier, whose distant relative Fauquier County was named for when it was founded in 1759.

A wine buyer and consultant living in Bass Lake, Calif., Mrs. Fauquier is a descendant of Francis Fauquier, the acting governor of the colony of Virginia from 1758 until his death in 1768. He was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson.

Mrs. Fauquier assured this writer that the correct pronunciation of her French surname is "foe-key-ae" - therefore, she said in no uncertain terms, the famed horse country of Virginia should be pronounced "foe-key-ae coun-tee."

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John McCaslin is a contributing columnist on Townhall.com and author of Inside The Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops, and Shenanigans from around the Nation's Capital .

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Reply # 1
Date: May 5, 2009 - 9:22 AM EST
Justice
Only someone from Washington would think that noboma would pick someone good for our Country.
Just look at what Washatonions have picked for there leaders in the past.
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Reply # 2
Date: May 5, 2009 - 1:14 AM EST
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Obama will pick someone good.
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